Legal Opinion
Gray Panthers v. Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 3, 1980No. 79-1334PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:
This appeal is from a successful challenge to regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services1 which implement the Medicaid program and which involve the financial eligibility criteria for institutionalized individuals and their spouses. Plaintiff-appellee is Gray Panthers, a voluntary organization dedicated to improving the treatment accorded our nation’s elderly. The regulations in question permit, among other things, a certain amount of a spouse’s funds to be “deemed” available for use by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Batterton v. FrancisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Norman v. St. ClairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Brown v. StantonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Panthers v. Secretary, Department of Health, Education & WelfareDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Schweiker v. Gray PanthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- St. Joseph Hospital v. HecklerDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1983
- Nevada Power Co. v. WattDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1981
- Swanson v. Department of Health & Social ServicesCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1981
- Gray Panthers v. Administrator, Health Care Financing AdministrationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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